de Pasquale and Papadopoulos win in Finland

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Editorial Master

During the week-end of August 22 and 23. The city of Helsinki was the host of the only two FISTF tournaments played in Finland this season. There was a poor turnout of 10 players, which included five players from abroad and nations such as Australia, Greece, Italy and England were represented. In the International Open of saturday, Italy’s Vittorio de Pasquale took the honors as he won beat Australia’s Robert Green in sudden death. The veterans final was almost the same with Vittorio defeating George Papadopoulos in sudden death as well. On sunday, the tournament was only a Satellite with seven players. The final was another game between Papadopoulos and de Pasquale but this time the Greek managed to defeat the Italian by a single goal.

A nice group picture on sunday

Full results of the Open: Open – Helsinki
Full results of the Satellite: Satellite – Helsinki

Sergio Loureiro wins GP of Portugal

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Editorial Master

This week-end the city of Lisbon hosted a great international grand prix of Portugal with players coming from several european countries and a fantastic venue in a beautiful football stadium.

The team event was played on saturday and 9 teams were competing. The Spanish side of Tiburones defeated the Italians of Bologna Tigers Subbuteo picture) in a close final (2-1) to claim the title. Individual categories were played on sunday. Sergio Loureiro (Falcons Athens) defeated clubmate Raul Benite in the open final while Belgium’s Sébastien Scheen and home player Ruben Português were the semi-finalists. David Gonzalez took the U19 trophy, Gil Afonso was the best U15 and Diogo Pereira won the U12 tournament. The veterans tournament was interesting as well with 22 entries.

Italy’s Paolo Finardi (picture) was in a perfect day as he beat top seed António Montano in the group stage and later beat João Rodrigues, Riccardo Marinucci and Nuno Noronha in the final to claim the title. From every player’s point of view, it was an excellent tournament. Congratulations to the organizers.

Papadopoulos and Silveri win in Finland

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Editorial Master

Two Opens were held last week-end in Helsinki (Finland). George papadopoulos was the big winner of the first day as the Greek not only won the Open category in a great final against Italy’s Gabriele Silveri. He also beat Vittorio De Pascale in the veterans final. On sunday, it was an Italian affair with Gabriele Silveri taking the honors after beating Stefano Fontana in the final.